May 23, 2018
Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed in a moist and unstable air mass ahead of a slow moving cold front during the afternoon and evening. The strongest storms produced marginally severe hail, gusty winds and excessive lightning. Two slow moving, multi-cellular clusters of storms in the western Piedmont resulted in flash flooding when 2 to 3 inches of rain fell in less than an hour.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 755583). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Guilford County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.